Method of manufacturing shoes.



N. VEUGHIO. METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHOES. APPLICATION FILED um. 22.1911.

1,018,455. Patented Fem-27, 1912.

NICOLA VECCHIO, OF EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHOES;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22, 1911.

OFFICE.

Patent -r ch;21,1912. Serial No. 650,687. l

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, NICOLA VECCHIO, a.

subject of the King of Italy, residing at East Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Methods of ing is a specification. V

This invention relates to an improved method of manufacturing boots andshoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a shoe in which the upper ismade of a single piece of material without any seams, and further toproduce a shoe in which the upper is made of a single piece of sheetmaterial without any seams and the lining. is also made of a singlepiece of sheet material Without seams.

The invention consists of the improved method of manufacturing boots andshoes Manufacturing Shoes, of which the follow set forth in thefollowing specification and particularly pointed out in the claimsthereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the completedshoe. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of a last supported upon a pin andshowing the upper and lining at-.

tached thereto in accordance with this inventhe same is a two-part tion,the lining being shown in elevation and the upper in section, and aportion of the same being broken away and showing the last, the innersole, the upper and the lining in section.

Like numerals refer to like parts in the views of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, 5 is the lining of a shoe, 6.the upper, 7theinner sole of the shoe and 8 the last. Said last may be of anysuitable construction. Preferably, however, last, the fore-part 9thereof bein pivoted at 10 upon the heel portion 11. )uring theoperation of lasting, said last is supported upon a last pin 12 ofsuitable construction.

In manufacturing the shoe, a piece of sheet material for the lining 5 isplaced upon the last 8 and carried up over the edges and fastened by afew tacks tothe inner sole 7.

'Then a piece of leather to form the upper is placed upon the last andthe edges of the piece of leather are carried up over. the edge of thelast and tacked to. the inner sole by tacks 13, 13 in the usual manner.

' In order to enable the shoe to be operated upon with facility, a lastis supported upon the'pin 12 in the usual manner, the reduced portion ofsaid pin, as indi'catedin Fig. 2, extending through a holein theupperand lining and into the last. After the-lining and upper have thusbeenplacedrupon the last and lasted, an outer sole 14 isfasltened to theinner sole either by sewing the same to a welt which has been fastenedto said inner sole in the usual well known manner or by pegging, nailingor in any-of the various ways in which outer soles are fastened to theinner soles of boots and shoes! The heel 15 is then attached to theouter sole in the usual manner and the shoe sole and heel submitted tothe various finishing-operations well known to those skilled in this:art.

lVhen the shoe has been completed far .as the finishing of the sole andheel is concerned, a piece is cutfrom the upper and lining along theline ab.- The'last is then removed through the hole thus made in thelining and upper and the lining is stitched to the upper along the linecd (Fig. l) and the eyelets 16 are attached. A tongue 17 is theninserted in the shoe and fastened to the upper in the usual manner.

When it is desired to have the shoe present the appearance of ashoe withan upper made in several parts, such as the toe cap, vamp, et cetera, acord 18 is fastened by stitches 19 to the lining and another cord 20 isfastened by stitches 21 to said lining while the lining is on the last,as illustrated in Fig. 2. Then when the upper is pulled over the last,these cords cause the upper to project slightly where it passes overthem,

forming a slight bead and to further finish the shoe so as to cause itto present the appearance of a shoe made in the usual manmer a suitablyformed beading tool is rubbed along the outside of the upper adjacent tothe cords 18 and 20, thus causingthe upper to present the appearance ofa shoe made in separate parts in accordance with the usual processof-manufacture.

The advantage of a shoe made as hereinbefore described is that it can bevery cheaply and quickly manufactured and is very durable andcomfortable, there being no seams upon the inside to interfere with.

the comfort of the wearer and no seams on the outside to break out whenthe shoe has been worn some, and furthermore, the shoe is perfectlwater-tight.

It is evident that if desired the lining may be omitted from the shoeand the upper stretched over the last in the manner hereinhefome 2 1without the application of an? thereta t is evident that if desired apiece for :stifiening the the, such as a box toe, and a piece forstifiening the heel, such as a counter, may he placed in osition afterthe lint; hasbeenapphedan before the upper has .n 1n the usual wellknown manner, without departing from the spirit of my invention. a

It 1s also evident that without departing from the spirit of myinvention, the heel may left tofi' of the shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1; The herein described method of manufaeturing shoes which consists instretching a piece of sheet material over a last and fastening the edgesof said sheet material to an inner sole on the bottom of said last, thenstretchin another piece of sheet material over sai last and fasteningthe edges thereof to said inner sole, then fastening an outer sole tosaid inner sole and a heel to said outer sole and subsequently cuttingan opening in said pieces of sheet material and removing said last throusaid opening.

2. The herein descri method of manufacturing shoes which consists ofstretching a piece of sheet material over a last an fastening the edgesof said sheet material to an inner sole on the bottom of said last, thenattaching a cord to said piece of sheet material disposed thereon inpredetermined curves, then stretching another piece of sheet materialover said last and fastening the edges thereof to said inner sole, thenfastening an outer sole to said inner sole and a heel to said outer soleand subsequentlycutting an opening in said pieces of sheet material andremoving said last through said opening.

In testimony whereof I hate hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

NIGOLA VECOHIO. Witnesses:

DANIEL -A. RoLLINs, SAnm V. MOCARTHY.

